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Read this korrent: Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense.
Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle. — tap to centre the map on it
A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all…
Last stated 4 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Much of the wisdom programmers pass on to each other is nonsense that nobody ever tested, and refusing to be dogmatic about untested practice is what marks out a good engineer. — tap to centre the map on it
Much of the wisdom programmers pass on to each other is nonsense that nobody ever tested, and refusing to be…
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You do not have to know how it works underneath, but depth is where invention comes from — nobody who only knows the surface invents a programming language. — tap to centre the map on it
You do not have to know how it works underneath, but depth is where invention comes from — nobody who only knows the…
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The meme that programmers no longer need to be competent is a trap: the path is competence, and AI does not change that. — tap to centre the map on it
The meme that programmers no longer need to be competent is a trap: the path is competence, and AI does not…
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI may eventually replace programmers, but the craft of programming will survive the way knitting did, and you were never just a programmer: you are a builder. — tap to centre the map on it
AI may eventually replace programmers, but the craft of programming will survive the way knitting did, and you were…
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data. — tap to centre the map on it
What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data.
Last stated 4 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers. — tap to centre the map on it
Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers.
Last stated 7 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Dario Amodei — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Other engineering fields compile deep reference books about their materials and software has nothing of the kind, not even a five-hundred-page book on how to version an API. — tap to centre the map on it
Other engineering fields compile deep reference books about their materials and software has nothing of the…
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
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